Ryan O'Reilly Produces Two Assists Saturday

St. Louis Blues captain Ryan O' Reilly logged two assists Saturday, handing Montreal their six straight loss by the score of 4-1. O'Reilly's helpers came in the first and third periods. He is having a pretty average season point-wise, logging four markers and 12 goals in the first quarter of the season. However, he does […]

Goalie John Gibson Injured In Loss

Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson stopped 15 of 16 shots before leaving the game on Saturday night due to a lower-body injury. He was replaced in net by Anthony Stolarz, who was a perfect 13-for-13 in the third period. Despite the strong goaltending, the Ducks fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins by the score of 1-0. […]

Casey DeSmith Stops 33 Shots In Shutout

Pittsburgh Penguins netminder Casey DeSmith stopped 33 shots on Saturday night for his first shutout of the 2021-22 season. On the strength of the goaltending, the club defeated the Anaheim Ducks by a score of 1-0. The rarely-used backstop saw his SV% improve to .905 and his GAA fell to 3.03. He's appeared in just […]

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Bags Only Oilers Goal Saturday Night

Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was the team's lone scorer in Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Carolina, striking for the third time this season 10:11 into the second frame. Darnell Nurse and Jesse Puljujarvi set him up. RNH has slowed down lately, but the whole team has struggled for some reason. Edmonton has taken five straight […]

Teuvo Teravainen Reaches 20 Points

Carolina Hurricanes winger Teuvo Teravainen reached 20 points for the campaign with a pair of assists on Saturday against Edmonton in a 3-1 win. He started things off with a power-play assist and logged both of his helpers on goals from Sebastian Aho. Aho has been playing like a mad man lately and Teravainen has […]

Sebastian Aho Has Another Outstanding Game

Carolina Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho added another game to his point streak on Saturday, shining with two goals and one assist in a 3-1 victory over Edmonton. The 24-year-old now sits on a five-game point streak, which he's put together with multi-point performances. Aho has notched 12 points in total during his streak and it's […]

Rasmus Andersson Helps Out On Two Goals

Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson recorded assists on both of the team's goals in Saturday's 4-2 loss to Boston. He picked up a power-play assist on a Matthew Tkachuk marker and also helped Sean Monahan on the scoreboard. The Swedish blue-liner now has 15 assists across 28 games and these are his only points this […]

Patrice Bergeron Gets Two Assists Saturday Night

Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron helped to set up two goals in Saturday's 4-2 victory over the Flames, moving past Phil Esposito on the franchise's all-time assists list and taking over the fourth spot. The Bruins captain has slowly started to build himself a point streak, getting on the score sheet in three consecutive games. […]

Brad Marchand Nets Two Points Against Calgary

Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand skated away with two points as the team beat Calgary 4-2 Saturday night. He did all of his damage in under a minute in the second frame, scoring the team's second goal 5:52 into the period and providing an assist for Charlie McAvoy 56 seconds later. Marchand now has […]

Michael Raffl Gets One Past James Reimer Saturday

Dallas Stars left-winger Michael Raffl found a way to score on Saturday night against the San Jose Sharks. It was Raffl's third goal of the 2021-22 season. The winger is up to seven points overall. He scored a little over eight minutes into the third period. Raffl continues to play mostly middle-six minutes. Fantasy wise, […]

Braden Holtby Plays Well Enough On Saturday

Dallas Stars goaltender Braden Holtby turned aside 23 of 25 shots on Saturday night in the road defeat to the San Jose Sharks. Dallas completed a winless road trip that could not be pinned on Holtby. Holtby kept San Jose in the game for the most part. It will be interesting to see if Jake […]

Erik Karlsson Snipes Game Winner On Saturday

San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson found the back of the net on Saturday night against the Dallas Stars. Was it a goal? Well, the referees and Toronto thought so. In the end, Karlsson got credit for his eighth goal of the season. The defenseman fired five pucks on the net and blocked a couple […]

Timo Meier Dishes Two Primary Assists On Saturday

San Jose Sharks right-winger Timo Meier played a role in both San Jose goals on Saturday against the Dallas Stars. Meier has enjoyed a return to prominence and he had two primary helpers. He set up Tomas Hertl midway through the first period. Then, Meier paved the way for Erik Karlsson's game winner that found […]

James Reimer Returns And Wins At Home

San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer was minutes away from a shutout on Saturday night. He stopped 34 of 35 shots in the 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars. It sent Dallas to their second loss in a row. Meanwhile, Reimer now has five wins in his last six starts. Also, after an illness kept […]

Marcus Foligno Tallies On Man Advantage Saturday

Minnesota Wild left-winger Marcus Foligno opened the scoring on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Kings. Foligno scores on the power play as he got a shot past Jonathan Quick 13:11 into the second period. The lead did not last long, just 78 seconds, but Foligno's goal was his 12th of the season. in 27 […]

Kaapo Kahkonen Gets Little Support In Defeat

Minnesota Wild goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen delivered another quality start on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Kings. This time it was in a loss but that gives Kahkonen five quality starts in his last six appearances. He yielded two goals on 37 shots as Los Angeles peppered the Finnish goalie. Now, the Minnesota winning streak […]

Brendan Lemieux Returns And Scores Game Winning Goal

Los Angeles Kings right-winger Brendan Lemieux played a hair less than ten minutes on Saturday. Despite that, he still made an impact on the game. Lemieux had just one shot on goal but made it count late in the third period. He was able to get the puck past Kaapo Kahkonen and give Los Angeles […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (12/12/21): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back RotoBallers! For those first-time readers, my name is Brandon and I write both “The First-Serve” and “The Kick-Off” for Tennis and Soccer, respectively. If you have not checked those out then make sure you do! It is the return of the NHL which means it's time to sharpen our MLB skills and partake […]

Phillip Danault Lights Lamp On Saturday

Los Angeles Kings center Phillip Danault had quite a night against the Minnesota Wild. He played more than four minutes on the power play and piled up seven shots on goal. If that was not enough, he opened the scoring for Los Angeles just 1:18 after Minnesota took a 1-0 lead. Drew Doughty was the […]

Jonathan Quick Stops Minnesota Wild Streak

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick stopped 30 of 31 shots as Los Angeles held on for a 2-1 win on Saturday night. Quick only allowed an early second period power play goal. The goaltender now has allowed just two goals in his last three starts. Furthermore, he was able to withstand a furious Minnesota […]

Roope Hintz Will Miss Saturday Game In San Jose

Dallas Stars left-winger Roope Hintz will miss Saturday's game in San Jose due to an illness. This is not COVID-19 related but Hintz was feeling under the weather for most of the last day. The forward had six points in his last five games and 11 goals overall in 24 contests this season. Hintz was […]

Braden Holtby Gets Start After All In San Jose

Dallas Stars goaltender Braden Holtby will start in San Jose against the Sharks on Saturday. There had been some rumors that Jake Oettinger may get the nod. That was not the case. Holtby was in goal for that third period barrage by the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. He gave up five goals on […]

James Reimer Starts Versus Dallas On Saturday

San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer will start at home versus the Dallas Stars. Reimer has won four of his last five starts but this will be his appearance in December. It appears the goaltender was run down and suffering from an illness of some sort. Either way, getting work against Dallas was the plan […]

Jonathan Quick Likely Starts Again on Saturday

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick is likely to start on Saturday at home versus the Minnesota Wild. The Wild are streaking winners of seven straight games. Quick has stopped 48 of the last 49 shots faced including a 27-save shutout of the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. His 6-5-3 record features three shutouts and […]

Frederik Andersen Starts Front End Of Back To Back Saturday

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen gets the start in Edmonton tonight against the Oilers. Andersen has already won the first two legs of this road trip and stopped 26 of 27 shots in his last start. He has not been worked heavily as the starting goaltender has faced 27 or fewer shots in his past […]

John Gibson Exits Pittsburgh Start With Lower Body Injury

Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson did not start the third period in Pittsburgh on Saturday. He left the game after two periods trailing just 1-0. The only thing that was mentioned is this was a lower-body injury and little else. Expect more tests to be done either Sunday or Monday. Gibson stopped 15 of 16 […]

Linus Ullmark Gets Road Start Against Calgary On Saturday

Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark draws the assignment of starting on the road in Calgary on Saturday night. Ullmark has won three of his last four starts while enjoying quality starts in each appearance. He gave up just eight goals in that span on 128 shots faced. Ullmark may have enjoyed his best game of […]

Ryan Dzingel Will Miss Saturday Game Versus Philadelphia

Arizona Coyotes center Ryan Dzingel will miss Saturday night's game against the Philadelphia Flyers due to an upper-body injury. It is believed Dzingel suffered the injury during the third period of Arizona's 3-1 loss to the Florida Panthers. He played just 9:49 in the game on Friday (14 shifts). Dzingel was mostly playing on the […]

Jakob Chychrun Out Saturday Against Philadelphia

Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun suffered an upper-body injury last night and will not play at home against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. It is unknown how much more time he will miss. Chychrun played just 18:36 against Florida and did have five shots on goal before the injury. He is Arizona's number one defenseman. […]

Philipp Grubauer Hopes For Home Rebound Saturday

Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer hopes for better fortune on Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The starting goalie gave up three goals on 33 shots in Thursday's loss to the Winnipeg Jets. That was an improvement over Monday's ambush where he stopped just one of four shots in a quick night against the Pittsburgh […]